# Deadline to file suit against a political subdivision — claim based on a sexual act occurring when the plaintiff was a minor · North Dakota — Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state

For Deadline to file suit against a political subdivision, requirement is Deadline to file suit against a political subdivision — claim based on a sexual act occurring when the plaintiff was a minor; state is North Dakota; deadline is twenty-one years; what must be done in that time is An action under this chapter for relief that resulted from sexual assault, sexual abuse, gross sexual imposition, or any other claim based on a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in chapter 12.1-20 must be commenced; when the clock starts is after the date the act occurred, if the act occurred when the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **Requirement:** Deadline to file suit against a political subdivision — claim based on a sexual act occurring when the plaintiff was a minor _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** North Dakota _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline:** twenty-one years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What must be done in that time:** An action under this chapter for relief that resulted from sexual assault, sexual abuse, gross sexual imposition, or any other claim based on a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in chapter 12.1-20 must be commenced _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the date the act occurred, if the act occurred when the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2. An action under this chapter for relief that resulted from sexual assault, sexual abuse, gross sexual imposition, or any other claim based on a sexual act or sexual contact as defined in chapter 12.1-20 must be commenced: a. Within nine years after the date the act occurred; or b. Within twenty-one years after the date the act occurred, if the act occurred when the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age.

## Source

- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t32c12-1.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
Part of [Deadlines to notify or sue a government body, by state](https://referencesource.org/government-tort-claim-notice-deadlines-by-state/).